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Michael Winiarski: the Climate issue high on the agenda in Davos

this Year's meeting is the 49th of its kind. The theme for this year's meeting in the swiss alpine village reads ”The Geopolitical Challenges of Globalization

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Michael Winiarski: the Climate issue high on the agenda in Davos

this Year's meeting is the 49th of its kind. The theme for this year's meeting in the swiss alpine village reads ”The Geopolitical Challenges of Globalization 4.0”, reflecting that cooperation between the major countries of the world transitioned to increased economic and political confrontation. The rising nationalism and geopolitical tension between the united states, China, Russia, India, Turkey and other states, is liable to undermine the foundations of the multinational system.

– We move from a unipolar to a mångpolig world, said Klaus Schwab, founder and chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), in a presentation of this year's meeting.

far from the only – or even primarily – an economic meeting. Certainly involved a large number of ceos of the planet's major corporations, but still marked the week in Davos of the hundreds of heads of state and government, lobbyists and activists, who peddle their agendas.

the Climate crisis are taking this year larger than ever before. Another burning question is cyberhoten and the vulnerability of the connected communities.

To the organizers ' disappointment pops president of the united states Donald Trump, not up in years, as originally planned. It is uncertain whether his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will. It is clear that the president of the French republic Emmanuel Macron staying at home.

at home that discourages Trump, as well as the Macron, which has Yellow vests to manage, and Theresa May, with the Brexit, from coming to Davos. The only participants from the G7 countries involved are Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe, Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conti.

Thus missing the real drawcard at last year's level, when Trump used the opportunity of facing the world's affärsmanna and politikerelit defend their isolationist ”America First”line.

Trump has during the year been made a reality by its protectionism, and has introduced protective duties on steel and aluminum, and struck with tariffs on China's exports.

Xi Jinping met with cheers, then he, in contrast to the re-elected US president could emerge as a great defender of international free trade and global cooperation.

According to the original plans would Trump come to this year's meeting in Davos of a US delegation of high White house officials and leading businessmen in tow; the minister of finance Steven Mnuchin, minister for foreign affairs Mike Pompeo, the trade minister, Wilbur Ross and two of the president's closest advisers, Trumps daughter Ivanka and son Jared Kushner, to Davos.

Now it is not so, which Trump declared that he is fully occupied with the federal united states government shutdown, or as he phrased it on Twitter:

“because of Democratic intransigence when it comes to border security and the importance of security for our country, I have respectfully set up my very important trip to the World economic forum.”

will not be a meeting between the U.S. and Russian leaders, including Putin against all odds would be on the spot in Davos. He has a standing invitation but has not participated in the WEF since 2009 (when in the function such as the Russian prime minister).

Some other high-ranking russians, however, it is expected to appear in Davos. It's all about the Kremltrogna businessmen Viktor Vekselberg, owner of Renova, Oleg Deripaska, aluminiummagnat, and Andrei Kostin, head of VTB-bank, which, according to some of the data was ported from Davos because of the sanctions the U.S. has imposed against a number of Russian storföretagare after Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. After bojkotthot from Moscow, the WEF changed its feet and invited the three oligarchs at Davos.

With the usual högdjuren absent, there is a chance for new faces to make an impression; one of them is Brazil's new president of Jair Bolsonaro, which will be the most high-profile representative of the world's more populist and nationalkonservativa heads of state. Bolsanaro is also an outspoken doubters that there is no climate crisis, which paves the way for the possibility of an interesting confrontation with all environmental and klimataktivister who come to Davos.

the WEF compiled on the basis of a survey among 1.000 experts, ranked climate change as one of the biggest risks, in addition to data and cyber security, and the deterioration of international relations.

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